Twin-bed-spring connector



(No Model.)

J. L. DIXON!" vTWIN BED SPRING CONNECTOR- I No. 294.593. PatentedMar.4:, 1884.

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFI E.

TO GEORGE W. DAWSON, or GUTHRIE, KENTUCKY.

OF SAME PLACE, AND HENRY A. HATCHER,

TAWI'N-BED-SPRING CONNECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,593, dated March4,1884,

Application filed November 30, 1883. (So model.) I

i" all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JosEPH L. DIXON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Falmouth, in the county ofPendleton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Springs; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and ex act description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ap- IO pertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification. This invention relates to the class of spiral r 5bed-springs formed into pairs by means of a bridge and fitting upon theexterior edges of the slats; and its object is to conveniently andsecurely fasten each pair of springs to the slats by means of aspring-wire coupling of peculiar construction operating beneath theslats.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters represent similarparts, 'Figure 1 is a perspective of a pair of springs, with a part ofthe slats on which they rest, taken 2 from a point a little above thebridge and to the right or left thereof; and Fig. 2 is a perspective ofpart of the under sides of the two slats, showing how the coupling isattached and operated.

0 A A are bed-slats of ordinary construction, with twin springs B Bfitted thereupon by means of the yokes, into which the lower parts ofthe springs are bent, the bridge 0 forming a connection for the twosprings, and the end I 3 5 of each spring being formed into ashorthook,a.

D is the coupler, made of flexible wire, similar to thatused in theconstruction of the springs and bridge. At one end it is bent into aseries of loops, d cl. The other end is first bent at a right angle toform an arm, E, and this arm is slightly bent in the middle to lease thecoupling.

form an elbow, e. The end of the arm isbent around to form a suitablethumb-bearing, to which manual pressure may be applied to re- Theoperation is as-follows: The twin springs are slipped into properposition upon two adjacent slats, their flexibility adapting them to anycustomary thickness of slat and to any or dinary distance betweenexterior edges of the pair of slats upon which they are to rest. Theangle formed in the coupler D is then brought into line with the bend ineither of the hooks a a, to ascertain which of the loops dd shall beslipped upon the other hook at, and when the loop is caught upon thehook the arm E should be forced along the bend of the opposite hookuntil the hook rests in the angle of the coupler. This effected, thecoupler will be kept in place by the elbowe until suffioient pressure isexerted at the extremity of the arm E to release the coupler. Thecoupler being made of flexible wire, it is easy,with the hands alone, tomake, from time to time, such minor bends or curves in it as will serveto make a tight coupling upon any particular pair of slats.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new and useful,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'the following:

The combination, with the. twin spring united at the top as hereindescribed, and pro vided with hooks at the bottom, of the couplerconsisting of the wire D, provided with loops d, and the arm E, curvedas described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. DIXON.

\Titnesses:

W. J, PERRIN, F. M. SoRRELL.

